Warner Bros. has decided to offer the role of The Colonel to Ken Watanabe, reports Twitch. The move comes as the studio couldn't close a deal with its first choice Gary Oldman, He would star opposite Garrett Hedlund, Kristen Stewart and Helena Bonham Carter.

Based on Katsuhiro Otomo's seminal manga, the story follows a biker gang leader who tries to save his best friends from a government experiment designed to unleash people's psychic abilities.